Dem`on*stra"tion (?), n. [L. demonstratio: cf. F. d\'82monstration.]
1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.
Those intervening ideas which serve to show the agreement of any two others are called "proofs;" and where agreement or disagreement is by this means plainly and clearly perceived, it is called demonstration.
Locke.
2. An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show.
Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief?
Shak.
Loyal demonstrations toward the prince.
Prescott.
3. (Anat.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation.
4. (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack.
5. (Logic) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself.
6. (Math.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions.
Direct, ∨ Positive, demonstration (Logic & Math.), one in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises; -- opposed to Indirect, ∨ Negative, demonstration (called also reductio ad absurdum), in which the correct conclusion is an inference from the demonstration that any other hypothesis must be incorrect.
Demonstrative
De*mon"stra*tive (?), a. [F. d\'82monstratif, L. demonstrativus.]
1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. "Demonstrative figures."
Dryden.
An argument necessary and demonstrative.
Hooker.
2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative eloquence."
Blair.
Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.
Demonstrative
De*mon"stra*tive, n. (Gram.) A demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are demonstratives.
Demonstratively
De*mon"stra*tive*ly (?), adv. In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly; forcibly.
Demonstrativeness
De*mon"stra*tive*ness, n. The state or quality of being demonstrative.
Demonstrator
Dem"on*stra`tor (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F. d\'82monstrateur.]
1. One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence.
2. (Anat.) A teacher of practical anatomy.
Demonstratory
De*mon"stra*to*ry (?), a. Tending to demonstrate; demonstrative.
Johnson.
Demorage
De*mor"age (?; 48), n. Demurrage. [Obs.]
Pepys (1663).
Demoralization
De*mor`al*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82moralisation.] The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy.
Demoralize
De*mor"al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demoralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demoralizing.] [F. d\'82moraliser; pref. d\'82- (L. dis- or de) + moraliser. See Moralize.] To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency.
The demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime.
Walsh.
The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army.
Bancroft.
Demosthenic
Dem`os*then"ic (?), a. [L. Demosthenicus: cf. F. D\'82mosth\'82nique.] Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.
Demotic
De*mot"ic (?), a. [Gr. d\'82motique.] Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.
Demotic alphabet ∨ character, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also epistolographic character, and enchorial character. See Enchorial.
Demount
De*mount" (?), v. i. To dismount. [R.]
Dempne
Demp"ne (?) v. t. To damn; to condemn. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Dempster; 215, Demster
Demp"ster (?; 215), Dem"ster (?), n. [See Deemster.]
1. A deemster.
2. (O. Scots Law) An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.
Demulce
De*mulce" (?), v. t. [L. demulcere; de- + mulcere to stroke, soothe.] To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften. [R.]
Sir T. Elyot.
Demulcent
De*mul"cent (?), a. [L. demulcens, p. pr. of demulcere.] Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent.
Demulcent
De*mul"cent, n. (Med.) A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting i
Demulsion
De*mul"sion (?), n. The act of soothing; that which soothes.
Feltham.
Demur
De*mur" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Demurred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demurring.] [OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de- + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking, reflection, and akin to memor mindful. See Memory.]
1. To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.]
Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.
Nicols.
2. To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur.
Hayward.
3. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
4. (Law) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
Demur
De*mur", v. t.
1. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. [Obs.]
The latter I demur, for in their looks
Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears.
Milton.
2. To cause delay to; to put off. [Obs.]
He demands a fee,
And then demurs me with a vain delay.
Quarles.
Demur
De*mur", n. [OF. demor, demore, stay, delay. See Demur, v. i.] Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
All my demurs but double his attacks;
At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks."
Pope.
Demure
De*mure" (?), a. [Perh. from OF. de murs (i. e., de bonnes murs of good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores (sing. mos) manners, morals (see Moral); or more prob. fr. OF. me\'81r, F. m\'96r mature, ripe (see Mature) in a phrase preceded by de, as de m\'96re conduite of mature conduct.]
1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.
Sober, steadfast, and demure.
Milton.
Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.
W. Black.
2. Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had been neither life nor soul in her.
L'Estrange.
Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.
Miss Mitford.
Demure
De*mure", v. i. To look demurely. [Obs.]
Shak.
Demurely
De*mure"ly, adv. In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty.
They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably.
Dryden.
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Demureness
De*mure"ness (?), n. The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.
Demurity
De*mur"i*ty (?), n. Demureness; also, one who is demure.
Sir T. Browne.
Demurrable
De*mur"ra*ble (?), a. That may be demurred to.
Stormonth.
Demurrage
De*mur"rage (?), n. [Cf. OF. demorage delay. See Demur.] (Law) (a) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing. (b) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing.
M\'bfCulloch.
&hand; The term is also applied to similar delays and allowances in land carriage, by wagons, railroads, etc.
Demurral
De*mur"ral (?), n. Demur; delay in acting or deciding.
The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome.
Southey.
Demurrer
De*mur"rer (?), n.
1. One who demurs.
2. (Law) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further.
Demurrer to evidence, an exception taken by a party to the evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to the court to determine the point.
Bouvier.
Demy
De*my" (?), n.; pl. Demies (#). [See Demi-.]
1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.
2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also demi.]
He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships.
Johnson.
Demy
De*my", a. Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.
Den
Den (?), n. [AS. denn; perh. akin to G. tenne floor, thrashing floor, and to AS. denu valley.]
1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.
2. A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. "Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals."
Addison.
3. Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [Colloq.]
4. [AS. denu.] A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch]
Shak.
Den
Den, v. i. To live in, or as in, a den.
The sluggish salvages that den below.
G. Fletcher.
Denarcotize
De*nar"co*tize (?), v. t. To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. -- De*nar`co*ti*za"tion (#), n.
Denarius
De*na"ri*us (?), n.; pl. Denarii (#). [L. See 2d Denier.] A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.
Denary
Den"a*ry (?), a. [L. denarius. See 2d Denier.] Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.
Denary
Den"a*ry, n.
1. The number ten; a division into ten.
2. A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius.
Udall.
Denationalization
De*na`tion*al*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82nationalisation.] The or process of denationalizing.
Denationalize
De*na"tion*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] [Cf. F. d\'82nationaliser.] To divest or deprive of national character or rights.
Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port.
Cobbett.
An expatriated, denationalized race.
G. Eliot.
Denaturalize
De*nat"u*ral*ize (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denaturalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denaturalizing.] [Cf. F. d\'82naturaliser.]
1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.
2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.]
They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy.
Prescott.
Denay
De*nay" (?), v. t. [See Deny.] To deny. [Obs.]
That with great rage he stoutly doth denay.
Spenser.
Denay
De*nay", n. Denial; refusal. [Obs.]
Shak.
Dendrachate
Den"dra*chate (?), n. [L. dendrachates; Gr. dendrachate, dendragate.] (Min.) Arborescent or dendritic agate.
Dendriform
Den"dri*form (?), a. [Gr. -form.] Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.
Dendrite
Den"drite (?), n. [Gr. dendrite.] (Min.) A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization.
Dendritic, Dendritical
Den*drit"ic (?), Den*drit"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.
Dendroc
Den`dro*c (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.
Dendroid, Dendroidal
Den"droid (?), Den*droid"al (?), a. [Gr. dendro\'8bde.] Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.
Dendrolite
Den"dro*lite (?), n. [Gr. -lite: cf. F. dendrolithe.] (Paleon.) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.
Dendrologist
Den*drol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in the natural history of trees.
Dendrologous
Den*drol"o*gous (?), a. Relating to dendrology.
Dendrology
Den*drol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. dendrologie.] A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
Dendrometer
Den*drom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. dendrom\'8atre.] An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.
Denegate
Den"e*gate (?), v. t. [L. denegatus, p. p. of denegare. See Deny.] To deny. [Obs.]
Denegation
Den`e*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82n\'82gation.] Denial. [Obs.]
Dengue
Den"gue (?), n. [See Note, below.] (Med.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal.
&hand; This disease, when it first appeared in the British West India Islands, was called the dandy fever, from the stiffness and constraint which it grave to the limbs and body. The Spaniards of the neighboring islands mistook the term for their word dengue, denoting prudery, which might also well express stiffness, and hence the term dengue became, as last, the name of the disease.
Tully.
Deniable
De*ni"a*ble (?), a. [See Deny.] Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.
Denial
De*ni"al (?), n. [See Deny.]
1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials.
Hallam.
4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.
Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.
Deniance
De*ni"ance (?), n. Denial. [Obs.]
E. Hall.
Denier
De*ni"er (?), n. One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ.
Denier
De*nier" (?), n. [F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See Ten, and cf. Denary, Dinar.] A small copper coin of insignificant value.
My dukedom to a beggarly denier.
Shak.
Denigrate
Den"i*grate (?), v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.]
1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
Boyle.
2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.]
To denigrate the memory of Voltaire.
Morley.
Denigration
Den`i*gra"tion (?), n. [L. denigratio.]
1. The act of making black.
Boyle.
2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation.
The vigorous denigration of science.
Morley.
Denigrator
Den"i*gra`tor (?), n. One who, or that which, blackens.
Denim
Den"im (?), n. [Of uncertain origin.] A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.
Denitration
Den`i*tra"tion (?), n. [Pref. de- + nitrate.] A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.
Denitrification
De*ni`tri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.
Denitrify
De*ni"tri*fy (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + nitrogen + -fy.] To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.
Denization
Den`i*za"tion (?), n. The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.
Hallam.
Denize
De*nize" (?), v. t. To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize. [Obs.]
There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard HillStrype.
Denizen
Den"i*zen (?), n. [OF. denzein, deinzein, prop., one living (a city or country); opposed to forain foreign, and fr. denz within, F. dans, fr. L. de intus, prop., from within, intus being from in in. See In, and cf. Foreign.]
1. A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air."
Pope.
Denizens of their own free, independent state.
Sir W. Scott.
2. One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.
3. One admitted to residence in a foreign country.
Ye gods,
Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes.
Dryden.
Denizen
Den"i*zen, v. t.
1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.
As soon as denizened, they domineer.
Dryden.
2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds.
J. D. Hooker.
Denizenation
Den`i*zen*a"tion (?), n. Denization; denizening.
Abbott.
Denizenize
Den"i*zen*ize (?), v. t. To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen.
Abbott.
Denizenship
Den"i*zen*ship, n. State of being a denizen.
Denmark satin
Den"mark sat"in (?). See under Satin.
Dennet
Den"net (?), n. A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. ("The term and vehicle common about 1825." Latham.)
Denominable
De*nom"i*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being denominated or named.
Sir T. Browne.
Denominate
De*nom"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denominated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denominating (?).] [L. denominatus, p. p. of denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See Nominate.] To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.
Passions commonly denominating selfish.
Hume.
Denominate
De*nom"i*nate (?), a. [L. denominatus, p. p.] Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound.
Denomination
De*nom`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. denominatio metonymy: cf. F. d\'82nomination a naming.]
1. The act of naming or designating.
2. That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.
Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime.
Burke.
3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.
Syn. -- Name; appellation; title. See Name.
Denominational
De*nom`i*na"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. "Denominational differences."
Buckle.
Denominationalism
De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ism (?), n. A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.
Denominationalist
De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ist, n. One imbued with a denominational spirit.
The Century.
Denominationally
De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ly, adv. In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.
Denominative
De*nom`i*na"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82nominatif.]
1. Conferring a denomination or name.
2. (Logic) Connotative; as, a denominative name.
3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
The least denominative part of time is a minute.
Cocker.
4. (Gram.) Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb.
Denominative
De*nom`i*na"tive, n. A denominative name or term; denominative verb.
Jer. Taylor. Harkness.
Denominatively
De*nom`i*na"tive*ly, adv. By denomination.
Denominator
De*nom"i*na`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82nominateur.]
1. One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name.
This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general.
Sir W. Raleigh.
2. (Arith.) That number placed below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided.
&hand; Thus, in denominator, showing that the integer is divided into five parts; and the numerator, 3, shows how many parts are taken.
3. (Alg.) That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division.
&hand; In this sense, the denominator is not necessarily a number, but may be any expression, either positive or negative, real or imaginary.
Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )
Denotable
De*not"a*ble (?), a. [From Denote.] Capable of being denoted or marked.
Sir T. Browne.
Denotate
De*no"tate (?), v. t. [L. denotatus, p. p. of denotare.] To mark off; to denote. [Archaic]
These terms denotate a longer time.
Burton.
What things should be denotated and signified by the color.
Urquhart.
Denotation
De`no*ta"tion (?), n. [L. denotatio: cf. F. d\'82notation.] The marking off or separation of anything.
Hammond.
Denotative
De*not"a*tive (?), a. Having power to denote; designating or marking off.
Proper names are pre\'89minently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute.
Latham.
Denote
De*note" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Denoting.] [L. denotare; de- + notare to mark, nota mark, sign, note: cf. F. d\'82noter. See Note.]
1. To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour.
The better to denote her to the doctor.
Shak.
2. To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean.
A general expression to denote wickedness of every sort.
Gilpin.
Denotement
De*note"ment (?), n. Sign; indication. [R.]
&hand; A word found in some editions of Shakespeare.
Denotive
De*not"ive (?), a. Serving to denote.
D\'82nouement
D\'82`noue`ment" (?), n. [F. d\'82nouement, fr. d\'82nouer to untie; pref. d\'82- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie, fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.]
1. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.
2. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.
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Denounce
De*nounce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing.] [F. d\'82noncer, OF. denoncier, fr. L. denuntiare, denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a messenger, message. See Nuncio, and cf. Denunciate.]
1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.]
Denouncing wrath to come.
Milton.
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish.
Deut. xxx. 18.
2. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.
His look denounced desperate.
Milton.
3. To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.
Denounced for a heretic.
Sir T. More.
To denounce the immoralities of Julius C\'91sar.
Brougham.
Denouncement
De*nounce"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. denoncement.] Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation. [Archaic]
False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse.
Sir T. Browne.
Denouncer
De*noun"cer (?) n. One who denounces, or declares, as a menace.
Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate.
Dryden.
Dense
Dense (?), a. [L. densus; akin to Gr. dense.]
1. Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog.
All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare.
Ray.
To replace the cloudy barrier dense.
Cowper.
2. Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance.
Densely
Dense"ly, adv. In a dense, compact manner.
Denseless
Dense"less, n. The quality of being dense; density.
Densimeter
Den*sim"e*ter (?), n. [L. densus dense + -meter: cf. F. densim\'8atre.] An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.
Density
Den"si*ty (?), n. [L. densitas; cf. F. densit\'82.]
1. The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.
2. (Physics) The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard.
&hand; For gases the standard substance is hydrogen, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade and a pressure of 760 millimeters. For liquids and solids the standard is water at a temperature of 4° Centigrade. The density of solids and liquids is usually called specific gravity, and the same is true of gases when referred to air as a standard.
3. (Photog.) Depth of shade.
Abney.
Dent
Dent (?), n. [A variant of Dint.]
1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder."
Chaucer.
2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.
A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter.
De Quincey.
Dent
Dent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dented; p. pr. & vb. n. Denting.] To make a dent upon; to indent.
The houses dented with bullets.
Macaulay.
Dent
Dent, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth.] (Mach.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
Knight.
Dental
Den"tal (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See Tooth.]
1. Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.
2. (Phon.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters.
Dental formula (Zo\'94l.), a brief notation used by zo\'94logists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal. -- Dental surgeon, a dentist.
Dental
Den"tal, n. [Cf. F. dentale. See Dental, a.]
1. An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.
Dentalism
Den"tal*ism (?), n. The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.
Dentalium
Den*ta"li*um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.
Dentary
Den"ta*ry (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth. -- n. The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.
Dentate, Dentated
Den"tate (?), Den"ta*ted (?), a. [L. dentatus, fr. dens, dentis, tooth.]
1. (Bot.) Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antenn\'91.
Dentate-ciliate
Den"tate-cil"i*ate (?), a. (Bot.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.
Dentately
Den"tate*ly (?), adv. In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.
Dentate-sinuate
Den"tate-sin"u*ate (?), a. (Bot.) Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.
Dentation
Den*ta"tion (?), n. Formation of teeth; toothed form. [R.]
How did it [a bill] get its barb, its dentation?
Paley.
Dented
Dent"ed (?), a. [From Dent, v. t.] Indented; impressed with little hollows.
Dentel
Dent"el (?), n. Same as Dentil.
Dentelle
Den*telle" (?), n. [F.] (Bookbinding) An ornamental tooling like lace.
Knight.
Dentelli
Den*tel"li (?), n. pl. [It., sing. dentello, prop., little tooth, dim. of dente tooth, L. dens, dentis. Cf. Dentil.] Modillions.
Spectator.
Dentex
Den"tex (?), n. [NL., cf. L. dentix a sort of sea fish.] (Zo\'94l.) An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percid\'91.
Denticete
Den`ti*ce"te (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + cetus, pl. cete, whale, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.
Denticle
Den"ti*cle (?), n. [L. denticulus a little tooth, dim. of dens, dentis, tooth. See Dental, and cf. Dentelli.] A small tooth or projecting point.
Denticulate, Denticulated
Den*tic"u*late (?), Den*tic"u*la`ted (?), a. [L. denticulatus, fr. denticulus. See Denticle.] Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx. -- Den*tic"u*late*ly (#), adv.
Denticulation
Den*tic`u*la"tion (?), n.
1. The state of being set with small notches or teeth.
Grew.
2. (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) A diminutive tooth; a denticle.
Dentiferous
Den*tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -ferous.] Bearing teeth; dentigerous.
Dentiform
Den"ti*form (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -form: cf. F. dentiforme.] Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.
Dentifrice
Den"ti*frice (?), n. [L. dentifricium; dens, dentis, tooth + fricare to rub: cf. F. dentifrice. See Tooth, and Friction.] A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.
Dentigerous
Den*tig"er*ous (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -gerous.] Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.
Dentil
Den"til (?), n. [LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. Cf. Dentelli, Denticle, Dentile.] (Arch.) A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
Dentilabial
Den`ti*la"bi*al (?), a. Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed. -- n. A dentilabial sound or letter.
Dentilated
Den"ti*la`ted (?), a. Toothed.
Dentilation
Den`ti*la"tion (?), n. Dentition.
Dentilave
Den"ti*lave (?), n. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + lavare to wash.] A wash for cleaning the teeth.
Dentile
Den"tile (?), n. [LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. See Dentil.] (Zo\'94l.) A small tooth, like that of a saw.
Dentilingual
Den`ti*lin"gual (?), a. [L.